Pterostylis arida

Pterostylis arida G.Brockman & C.J.French

Pterostylis sp. 'Paynes Find'

Paynes Find Rufous Greenhood

Pterostylis rufa (Rufus Greenhoods)

Garry Brockman & Christopher French in Nuytsia 35: 27-29 (2024)

Creedo Station to north of Yalgoo, growing in soil pockets on granite outcrops and rocky hills and also occasionally in deeper sandy soil in surrounding woodlands and shrublands.

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A northern species 100–180 mm high with seven to 11 leaves forming a ground-hugging basal rosette 30–50 mm across and up to seven translucent, pale brown and white flowers 10–12 mm across.

It is distinguished from the related Spoon-lipped Rufous Greenhood (Pterostylis spathulata) by its shorter stature, fewer, smaller flowers, earlier flowering period and more northerly and north-easterly distribution.

Priority Three